A Need by Parker Broadhead

Walking with Others

This poem is a love letter to a young woman lost too soon. If you would like to get involved with this series and share your own story, send a message to rainesillito@gmail.com or follow this link: Walking with Grief

I needed to know you,
I had seen you only a handful of times 
but part of me needed to know you,
I needed to know why you were so dedicated
So in love with the Saviour
So dark yet so elegant
I was terrified by your beauty
Your hair only excited me
Your nails drew me in 
Your style dominated mine
A mystery I needed to know
I needed to know the story that made you
What had brought you several times a week to a building 
A building where the spirit was so strong
In a world you didn’t seem to be apart of
A light that was shining even when life didn’t have any shine
A beauty that neither I nor this world had ever beheld before 
I felt drawn to you
I needed to know you
And once I knew you, I knew love 

You became my sunshine
My sunshine that has been taken away 

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